![Portrait of Brigadier Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_564831e82c790.jpg) | ![Sir Andrew Cunningham, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry Hewitt, and Walter Bedell Smith at Allied Forces Headquarters in Hotel St. George, Algiers, Algeria, 16 Oct 1943.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5d8aef3e29c74.jpg) |
Portrait of Brigadier Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's chief-of-staff, 8 Apr 1942 | Sir Andrew Cunningham, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry Hewitt, and Walter Bedell Smith at Allied Forces Headquarters in Hotel St. George, Algiers, Algeria, 16 Oct 1943. |
![Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill in Tunisia, 25 Dec 1943, photo 1 of 2; Churchill was in a robe in this photo because he was recovering from pneumonia](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_churchill83.jpg) | ![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_eisenhower14.jpg) |
Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill in Tunisia, 25 Dec 1943, photo 1 of 2; Churchill was in a robe in this photo because he was recovering from pneumonia | Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 7 |
![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_bradley20.jpg) | ![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 3 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_bradley22.jpg) |
Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 2 of 7 | Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 3 of 7 |
![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 4 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_bradley23.jpg) | ![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 5 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_eisenhower70.jpg) |
Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 4 of 7 | Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 5 of 7 |
![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 6 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_leighmallory5.jpg) | ![Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 7 of 7](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_bradley25.jpg) |
Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 6 of 7 | Bradley, Ramsay, Tedder, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Leigh-Mallory, and Smith at a SHAEF conference in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Feb 1944, photo 7 of 7 |
![German instrument of surrender, page 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender8.jpg) | ![German instrument of surrender, page 2 of 2; note signatures of Jodl, Smith, Sousloparov, and Sevez](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender9.jpg) |
German instrument of surrender, page 1 of 2 | German instrument of surrender, page 2 of 2; note signatures of Jodl, Smith, Sousloparov, and Sevez |
![Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_eisenhower9.jpg) | ![Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender3.jpg) |
Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower's naval aide Harry Butcher behind Eisenhower | Ivan Susloparov, Frederick Morgan, Walter Smith, Dwight Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder, and Harold Burrough after signing of German surrender documents, Rheims, France, 7 May 1945; note Eisenhower holding pens used, and Eisenhower's naval aide Harry Butcher behind Eisenhower |
![LtGen Bedell Smith signing the documents of Germany’s surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. British Adm Harold Burrough is on the left. Soviet Gen Ivan Susloparov is on the extreme right.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_germanysurrender22.jpg) | ![Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. Photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_54ead6b39037f.jpg) |
LtGen Bedell Smith signing the documents of Germany’s surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. British Adm Harold Burrough is on the left. Soviet Gen Ivan Susloparov is on the extreme right. | Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. Photo 1 of 2 |
![Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. Photo 2 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_563b1af2a704f.jpg) | ![Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_eisenhower4.jpg) |
Officers gather around a table at Eisenhower’s headquarters to sign the instruments of the German surrender, Reims, France, 7 May 1945. Photo 2 of 2 | Front: Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges, Gerow. Back: Stearley, Vandenburg, Smith, Weiland, and Nugent. 12th Army Group Headquarters Bad Wildungen, Germany, 11 May 1945 |
![US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Walter Bedell Smith, circa 1946](/images/imagemagick/tmb_65cc3531b36c9.jpg) | ![US President Harry Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and newly-appointed Ambassador Walter Smith discussing Smith](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_wsmith2.jpg) |
US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Walter Bedell Smith, circa 1946 | US President Harry Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and newly-appointed Ambassador Walter Smith discussing Smith's assignment, Washington, United States, 23 Mar 1946 |